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socialpyramid discovered 3 months ago- From the page: "DNA is the blueprint of all life, giving instruction and function to organisms ranging from simple one-celled bacteria to complex human beings. Now Northwestern University researchers report they have used DNA as the blueprint, contractor and construction worker to build a three-dimensional structure out of gold, a lifeless material."
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- DNA Is Blueprint, Contractor And Construction Worker For New Structures via KurzweilAI, in ScienceDaily from adapted materials provided by Northwestern University in EurekAlert
DNA is the blueprint of all life, giving instruction and function to organisms ranging from simple one-celled bacteria to complex human beings. Now Northwestern University researchers report they have used DNA as the blueprint, contractor and construction worker to build a three-dimensional structure out of gold, a lifeless material. ... By changing the type of DNA on the surface of the particles, the Northwestern team can get the particles to arrange differently in space. The structures that finally form are the ones that maximize DNA hybridization. DNA is the stabilizing force, the glue that holds the structure together. "These structures are a new form of matter," said Mirkin, "that would be difficult, if not impossible, to make any other way." ... "Once you get good at this you can build anything you want," said Mirkin, director of Northwestern's International Institute for Nanotechnology. "The rules that govern self-assembly are not known, however," said Schatz, "and determining how to combine nanoparticles into interesting structures is one of the big challenges of the field." DNA Is Blueprint, Contractor And Construction Worker For New Structures Computer rendition of a structure created by using DNA to assemble nanoparticles into well-defined crystal lattices. (Credit: Northwestern University) Letting biology, or better nano-bilology, work for us. This work done at Northwestern University colors the future in more livable tones. Imagine what a potential this work could unleash indeed!
- DNA Is Blueprint, Contractor And Construction Worker For New Structures via KurzweilAI, in ScienceDaily from adapted materials provided by Northwestern University in EurekAlert
